Question

an student makes an observation about hamlet: the focus on succession to the throne in hamlet would have been interesting to an elizabethan audience because they were queens rule or heir. which lens is the student most likely viewing the text through? (options: formalist, historical, feminist, philosophical)

Explanation:

The student is analyzing how the topic of succession to the throne in Hamlet would have interested an Elizabethan audience by considering the historical context of Elizabethan society (their own questions about succession). A historical lens focuses on the text's relation to the historical period of its audience, so this is the most fitting approach. The formalist lens focuses on text structure, feminist on gender, and philosophical on abstract ideas—none match as well as historical here.

Answer:

historical